2007-09-02 13:05:03 · 9 answers · asked by Furibundus 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh, but He did. He opened it up to us and those who awaited Him in the bosom of Abraham.
2007-09-02 13:10:54 · answer #1 · answered by defOf 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The messiah has yet to appear.
We will know him, as he will fulfill the following textual requirements:
* The Sanhedrin will be re-established (Isaiah 1:26)
* Once he is King, leaders of other nations will look to him for guidance. (Isaiah 2:4)
* The whole world will worship the One God of Israel (Isaiah 2:17)
* He will be descended from King David (Isaiah 11:1) via Solomon (1 Chron. 22:8-10)
* The Moshiach will be a man of this world, an observant Jew with "fear of God" (Isaiah 11:2)
* Evil and tyranny will not be able to stand before his leadership (Isaiah 11:4)
* Knowledge of God will fill the world (Isaiah 11:9)
* He will include and attract people from all cultures and nations (Isaiah 11:10)
* All Israelites will be returned to their homeland (Isaiah 11:12)
* Death will be swallowed up forever (Isaiah 25:8)
* There will be no more hunger or illness, and death will cease (Isaiah 25:8)
* All of the dead will rise again (Isaiah 26:19)
* The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness (Isaiah 51:11)
* He will be a messenger of peace (Isaiah 52:7)
* Nations will end up recognizing the wrongs they did to Israel (Isaiah 52:13-53:5)
* The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23)
* The ruined cities of Israel will be restored (Ezekiel 16:55)
* Weapons of war will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9)
* The Temple will be rebuilt (Ezekiel 40) resuming many of the suspended mitzvot
* He will then perfect the entire world to serve God together (Zephaniah 3:9)
* Jews will know the Torah without study (Jeremiah 31:33)
* He will give you all the desires of your heart (Psalms 37:4)
* He will take the barren land and make it abundant and fruitful (Isaiah 51:3, Amos 9:13-15, Ezekiel 36:29-30, Isaiah 11:6-9)
2007-09-02 21:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe this verse about the kingdom:
Luke 17:20 Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." ~(from New International Version)
2007-09-02 20:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by Chapter and Verse 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the same way as He brought forth the rose for our senses.
In the same way as He allows the grapes to ferment
In the same way as for something good takes time.
We may not see it, for, like evolution, it is something that must also come about. "The builders rejected the cornerstone" suggests that He knew it would take some time in order to bring this about.
He knows well the human heart.
2007-09-02 20:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the Messiah represented the Kingdom of God when He walked amoung us
2007-09-02 20:12:09 · answer #5 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How did he bring about the Kingdom of God?
people are still killing each other, they are still suffering, their is still injustice.
Nothing has changed.
2007-09-02 20:16:29 · answer #6 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He did. See the dispensations of the kingdom at
http://www.bcbsr.com/survey/kingdom.html
2007-09-02 21:37:50 · answer #7 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
patience,........ old testament...zechariah 12:10, Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9 etc, new testament thessalonians 4-5 and everything else
2007-09-02 20:19:55 · answer #8 · answered by zoot 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to Christians, it's because your people killed him . . .
2007-09-02 20:11:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋